Proto-Indo-European

*teh₂-

‘to melt’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *teh₂-.

7 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂-, most familiar first.

• thaw ← thawen ← þāwian ← *þauwjan ← *þawjaną
• tench ← tenche ← tenche ← tinca
• tabes
• tektite ← τηκτός ← τήκω
• thone ← *thon ← þān ← *þain ← *þainaz
• tabid ← tābidus ← tābeō
• anatexis ← ἀνατῆξις ← τῆξις ← τήκω

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *teh₂-